UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2015

 

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Duke Realty Corporation:

Indiana

  1-9044   35-1740409

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Duke Realty Limited Partnership

Indiana

  0-20625   35-1898425

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

600 East 96th Street

Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN 46240

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrants’ Telephone Number, including Area Code: (317) 808-6000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporate or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 28, 2015, Duke Realty Corporation (the “Company”), as general partner of Duke Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership of the Company, executed the Fourth Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the “Limited Partnership Agreement Amendment”), which amended the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership. The effective date of the Limited Partnership Agreement Amendment was January 28, 2015, and the purpose of the Limited Partnership Agreement Amendment was to establish the terms of a new class of partnership interests designated as LTIP Units, which are intended to be utilized by the Company and the Operating Partnership in its equity compensation programs. In connection with the Limited Partnership Agreement Amendment, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors also approved (i) the First Amendment to Duke Realty Corporation 2010 Performance Share Plan (the “Performance Share Plan Amendment”), to allow for the issuance of LTIP Units pursuant to the Duke Realty 2010 Performance Share Plan and (ii) the Form of LTIP Unit Award Agreement and the Form of 2010 Performance Share Plan LTIP Unit Award Agreement (together, the “Award Agreements”).

The foregoing summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Limited Partnership Agreement Amendment and the Performance Share Plan Amendment, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 10.1, respectively, and the Award Agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1    Fourth Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, dated January 28, 2015
10.1    First Amendment to Duke Realty Corporation 2010 Performance Share Plan
10.2    Form of LTIP Unit Award Agreement
10.3    Form of 2010 Performance Share Plan LTIP Unit Award Agreement


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
By:

/s/ A NN C. D EE

Name: Ann C. Dee
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Duke Realty Corporation, its general partner
By:

/s/ A NN C. D EE

Name: Ann C. Dee
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: January 29, 2015


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1    Fourth Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, dated January 28, 2015
10.1    First Amendment to Duke Realty Corporation 2010 Performance Share Plan
10.2    Form of LTIP Unit Award Agreement
10.3    Form of 2010 Performance Share Plan LTIP Unit Award Agreement

Exhibit 3.1

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT

OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

January 28, 2015

 

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THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”) to the FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is made and entered into as of January 28, 2015.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , Duke Realty Limited Partnership (the “ Partnership ”), an Indiana limited partnership, exists pursuant to that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of May 5, 2014, as amended (the “ Partnership Agreement ”), and the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;

WHEREAS , Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation, is the sole general partner of the Partnership (the “ Company ”);

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Duke Realty Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Duke Realty Corporation 2010 Performance Share Plan and/or one or more successor or additional equity incentive plans or programs that the Company or the Partnership may adopt after the date hereof, as amended (each individually and all of them collectively, as the context requires, the “ Plan ”), the Company resolved to issue to executives of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Partnership, Other Stock-Based Awards and/or Performance Awards (as defined in the Plan) including DRLP Units (as defined in the Plan). DRLP Units may include partnership interests in the Partnership having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein, such partnership interest to be expressed as a number of partnership units to be referred to as Long Term Incentive Plan Units or “ LTIP Units .”

WHEREAS , as provided in this Amendment, LTIP Units can be issued in multiple series.

NOW, THEREFORE , the General Partner, with Special Partner Approval, hereby amends the Partnership Agreement as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to such terms in the Partnership Agreement. If the same term is defined both herein and in the Partnership Agreement, the definition herein shall supersede and replace in its entirety the definition set forth in the Partnership Agreement for all purposes. The following defined terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings specified below:

Book-Up Target ” for an LTIP Unit means (i) initially, the excess of the Common Unit Economic Balance as determined on the date such LTIP Unit was granted over the Capital Contribution, if any, made by such LTIP Unit Limited Partner with respect to such LTIP Unit and (ii) thereafter, as of any determination date, the remaining amount required to be allocated to such LTIP Unit for the Economic Capital Account Balance, to the extent attributable to such LTIP Unit, to be equal to the Common Unit Economic Balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Book-Up Target shall be zero for any LTIP Unit for which the Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to such LTIP Unit has at any time reached an amount equal to the Common Unit Economic Balance determined as of such time.


Common Units ” means Units that (i) are not Preferred Units and (ii) are not LTIP Units.

Common Unit Economic Balance ” means (i) the Capital Account balance of the Company with respect to its ownership of Common Units, plus the amount of the Company’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the Company’s ownership of Common Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under Section 4.14(b), divided by (ii) the number of the Company’s Common Units.

Economic Capital Account Balance ” with respect to a Partner means an amount equal to its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain.

Ineligible Unit ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.14(b)(i).

Liquidating Gains ” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the Partnership), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the book value of Partnership assets pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f).

Liquidating Losses ” means any net loss realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the Partnership), including but not limited to net loss realized in connection with an adjustment to the book value of Partnership assets pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f).

LTIP Unit ” means a Partnership Unit which is designated as an LTIP Unit having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions, qualifications and limitations set forth in Exhibit 8 hereto and elsewhere in this Amendment and the Partnership Agreement in respect of the LTIP Unit Limited Partner. LTIP Units may be designated as “Special LTIP Units” or as “Vested” or “Unvested” LTIP Units pursuant to the documentation pursuant to which such LTIP Unit is issued.

LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date ” means, for any LTIP Unit, the date of issuance or such other date as may be specified in the Vesting Agreement or other documentation pursuant to which such LTIP Unit is issued.

LTIP Unit Limited Partner ” means any Person that holds LTIP Units and is named as an LTIP Unit Limited Partner in the books and records of the Partnership.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership of either a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes of Partnership Interests as provided in Section 4.02 . A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. Unless otherwise expressly provided for by the General Partner at the time of the original issuance of any Partnership Interests, all Partnership

 

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Interests (whether of a Limited Partner or a General Partner) shall be of the same class. The Partnership Interests represented by the Common Units, the LTIP Units and the Preferred Units are the only Partnership Interests, and each such type of unit is a separate class of Partnership Interest for all purposes of this Agreement.

Percentage Share ” means, with respect to each Partner, the product of 100% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of Common Units and LTIP Units owned by such Partner and the denominator of which is equal to the total number of outstanding Common Units and LTIP Units then owned by all of the Partners; provided that, for purposes of allocations and distributions (i) prior to the LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date for any LTIP Units, the Percentage Share will be calculated without including such LTIP Units in either the numerator or the denominator and (ii) prior to the Special LTIP Unit Full Participation Date for any Special LTIP Unit, the Percentage Share will be calculated by only including a number of such Special LTIP Units equal to the number of such Special LTIP Units outstanding multiplied by the Special LTIP Unit Sharing Percentage for such Special LTIP Units.

Special LTIP Unit ” means an LTIP Unit designated as a “Special LTIP Unit” as set forth in the documentation pursuant to which such LTIP Unit is granted.

Special LTIP Unit Full Participation Date ” means, for a Special LTIP Unit, the date specified as such in the documentation pursuant to which such Special LTIP Unit is granted.

Special LTIP Unit Sharing Percentage ” means, with respect to a Special LTIP Unit, ten percent (10%) or such other percentage designated as the Special LTIP Unit Sharing Percentage for such Special LTIP Unit as set forth in the documentation pursuant to which such Special LTIP Unit is granted.

Unit ” means a unit of partner interest in the Partnership (including Preferred Units, LTIP Units and Common Units), representing a Capital Contribution and/or a right to receive a share of the Partnership’s Profits, Losses or Distributions, and in all cases the rights, powers and privileges appurtenant thereto in accordance with this Agreement.

Vesting Agreement ” means an award, vesting or other similar agreement pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued to an LTIP Unit Limited partner.

SECTION 2. SECTION 4.02 AMENDMENT .

Section 4.02 of the Partnership Agreement shall be amended by adding new Section 4.02(e) as follows:

The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, is hereby authorized without the approval of the Limited Partners or any other Person to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue to any Person providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, which may include Partners, LTIP Units in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties as shall be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion subject to the Act and Indiana law, including, without limitation, (i) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Units to an allocation of Profits or Losses (or items thereof) to each such class or series

 

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of Partnership Units; (ii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Units to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Units upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; and (iv) the right to vote, if any, of each such class or series of Partnership Units; provided that no such additional Partnership Units or other partnership interests shall be issued to the General Partner or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner, unless they are issued in connection with the grant, award or issuance of equity securities of the General Partner that have designations, preferences and other rights such that the economic interests attributable to such securities are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and other rights of the additional Partnership Units issued to the General Partner or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner (as appropriate). The General Partner’s determination that the consideration is adequate shall be conclusive insofar as the adequacy of consideration relates to whether the partnership interests are validly issued and paid. The General Partner shall be authorized on behalf of each of the Partners to amend this Agreement to reflect the admission of any Additional Partner in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.02(e) in the event that the General Partner deems such amendment to be desirable.” LTIP Units may be issued under any employee benefit plan contemplated by Section 3.07(c) or any other agreement or arrangement approved by the General Partner in accordance with Article III hereof.

SECTION 3. EXHIBIT 8 TERMS .

In making distributions and allocations pursuant to Section 4 of the Agreement, the General Partner of the Partnership shall take into account the provisions of Exhibit 8 hereto.

SECTION 4. SECTION 4.03 AMENDMENTS .

Section 4.03 of the Partnership Agreement shall be amended by making what is currently Section 4.03 a new Section 4.03(a) and adding the following new Section 4.03(b).

 

  (b) Distributions with respect to LTIP Units . For purposes of the calculations and distributions set forth in Section 4.03 (including, without limitation, distributions under Section 4.03(a)(ii)) and Section 4.11, issued and outstanding LTIP Units with an associated LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date that falls on or before the Partnership Record Date for a particular distribution shall be treated as outstanding Common Units. LTIP Units for which the LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date has not occurred as of the Partnership Record Date for a particular distribution shall not be entitled to any of such distribution. The right to distributions of LTIP Units designated as Special LTIP Units shall also be governed by the applicable Special LTIP Unit Full Participation Date and Special LTIP Unit Sharing Percentage.

SECTION 5. SECTION 4.05 AMENDMENT .

Section 4.05 of the Partnership Agreement is amended by replacing the first clause of Section 4.05(a) with the following text:

After giving effect to the allocations set forth in Section 4.06 hereof and subject to Sections 4.13 and 4.14, for each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof; Profits and Losses shall be allocated as follows:

 

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SECTION 6. SECTION 4.05(a)(i)(E) AMENDMENT .

Section 4.05(a)(1)(E) of the Partnership Agreement shall be replaced with the following new Section 4.05(a)(1)(E):

 

  (E) Fifth , to each Partner (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holders of LTIP Units), in accordance with their respective Percentage Shares, to the extent of the amount by which the cumulative Net Losses allocated to the Partners in the aggregate pursuant to Section 4.05(a)(ii)(A) exceed the cumulative Profits allocated to such Partners in the aggregate pursuant to this Section 4.05(a)(i)(E) ;

SECTION 7. OTHER ARTICLE IV AMENDMENTS .

Article IV of the Partnership Agreement shall be amended by adding the following new Sections 4.13 and 4.14:

Section 4.13 Forfeiture Allocations . Subject to Section 4.14(c) with respect to a forfeiture of certain LTIP Units, upon a forfeiture of any unvested Partnership Interest by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Treasury Regulations promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized under Code Section 704(b).

Section 4.14 LTIP Allocation Provisions .

 

  (a) LTIPs Treated as Common Units for Allocation Purposes . For purposes of determining allocations of Profits and Losses pursuant to Section 4.05, to the extent that the LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date with respect to an LTIP Unit has occurred, such LTIP Unit shall be treated as a Common Unit. For purposes of determining allocations of Losses pursuant to Section 4.05, an LTIP Unit Limited Partner shall be treated as having a separate Economic Capital Account Balance, and for this purpose a separate Capital Account with an appropriate share of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Minimum Gain shall be maintained, for each tranche of LTIP Units with a different issuance date that it holds and a separate Capital Account for its Common Units, if applicable, and the Economic Capital Account Balance of each holder of Common Units shall not include any Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to other series or classes of Partnership Units.

 

  (b) LTIP General Allocations . After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Sections 4.06(a)-(d)  hereof, and the allocations of Profits under Sections 4.05(a)(i)(A)-(D), and subject to the other provisions of this Article IV, but before allocations of Profits are made under Section 4.05(a)(i)(E), (F) or (G), Liquidating Gains and Liquidating Losses shall be allocated as follows:

 

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  i. Liquidating Gains (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Liquidating Gains that are a component of any remaining Profits), shall first be allocated to the holders of LTIP Units until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Partners, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (1) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (2) the number of their LTIP Units (with respect to each LTIP Unit Limited Partner, the “Target Balance”), provided , however , that no such Liquidating Gains will be allocated with respect to any particular LTIP Unit (each an “Ineligible Unit ”) if and to the extent that cumulative Liquidating Losses of the Partnership have exceeded cumulative Liquidating Gains of the Partnership during the period from the issuance of such LTIP Unit through the date of such allocation. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, not all LTIP Units (including Ineligible Units) are fully booked up, Liquidating Gains shall be allocated among LTIP Units in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidating Gains allocated with respect to an LTIP Unit pursuant to this Section 4.14(b)(i) shall reduce (but not below zero) the Book-Up Target for such LTIP Unit.

 

  ii. Liquidating Gain allocated to an LTIP Unit Limited Partner under this Section 4.14(b) will be attributed to specific LTIP Units of such LTIP Unit Limited Partner for purposes of determining (1) allocations under this Section 4.14, (2) the effect of the forfeiture or conversion of specific LTIP Units on such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s Capital Account and (3) the ability of such LTIP Unit Limited Partner to convert specific LTIP Units into Common Units. Such Liquidating Gain will generally be attributed in the following order: (1) first, to Vested LTIP Units held for more than two years, (2) second, to Vested LTIP Units held for two years or less, (3) third, to Unvested LTIP Units that have remaining vesting conditions that only require continued employment or service to the Company, the Partnership or an Affiliate of either for a certain period of time (with such Liquidating Gains being attributed in order of vesting from soonest vesting to latest vesting), and (4) fourth, to other Unvested LTIP Units (with such Liquidating Gains being attributed in order of issuance from earliest issued to latest issued). Within each category, Liquidating Gain will be allocated seriatim (i.e., entirely to the first unit in a set, then entirely to the next unit in the set, and so on, until a full allocation is made to the last unit in the set) in the order of smallest Book-Up Target to largest Book-Up Target. Any such allocations shall be made among the holders of LTIP Units in proportion to the aggregate amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 4.14.

 

  iii. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth above in this Section 4.14, if, due to distributions with respect to Common Units in which the LTIP Units do not participate, forfeitures or otherwise, the Economic Capital Account Balance of any LTIP Unit Limited Partner attributable to such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s LTIP Units, exceeds the Target Balance, then Liquidating Losses shall be allocated to such LTIP Unit Limited Partner, or, at the election of the General Partner, Liquidating Gains shall be allocated to the other Partners, to eliminate the disparity; provided , however , that if Liquidating Losses and Liquidating Gains are insufficient to completely eliminate all such disparities, such losses or gains shall be allocated among Partners in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner.

 

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  iv. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 4.14 is (1) to the extent possible to make the Capital Account balance associated with each LTIP Unit economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance associated with the Company’s Common Units (on a per-unit basis) and (2) to allow conversion of an LTIP Unit (assuming prior vesting) when sufficient Liquidating Gains have been allocated to such LTIP Unit pursuant to Section 4.14 so that either an LTIP Unit’s initial Book-Up Target has been reduced to zero or the parity described in clause (1) above has been achieved. The General Partner shall be permitted to interpret this Agreement (including this Section 4.14) and to amend this Agreement to the extent necessary and consistent with this intention.

 

  v. In the event that Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses are allocated under this Section 4.14, Profits allocable under clauses 4.05(A)(i)(E), (F) and (G) and any Losses shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses so allocated.

(c) LTIP Forfeiture Reallocations . If an LTIP Unit Limited Partner forfeits any LTIP Units to which Liquidating Gain has previously been allocated under Section 4.14(b), (1) the portion of such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s Capital Account attributable to such Liquidating Gain allocated to such forfeited LTIP Units will be re-allocated to that LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s remaining LTIP Units that were outstanding on the date of the initial allocation of such Liquidating Gain, using a methodology similar to that described in Section 4.14(b)(ii) above as reasonably determined by the General Partner, to the extent necessary to cause such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to each such LTIP Unit to equal the Common Unit Economic Balance and (2) such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s Capital Account will be reduced by the amount of any such Liquidating Gain not re-allocated pursuant to clause (1) above.

SECTION 8. SAFE HARBOR ELECTION .

Section 5.07 of the Partnership Agreement is amended by adding new Section 5.07(f) as follows:

(f) To the extent provided for in Treasury Regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and/or other IRS guidance issued after the date hereof, the Partnership is hereby authorized to, and at the direction of the General Partner shall, elect a safe harbor under which the fair market value of any Partnership Interests issued after the effective date of such Treasury Regulations (or other guidance) will be treated as equal to the liquidation value of such Partnership Interests (i.e., a value equal to the total amount that would be distributed with respect to such interests if the Partnership sold all of its assets for their fair market value immediately after the issuance of such Partnership Interests, satisfied its liabilities (excluding any non-recourse liabilities to the extent the balance of such liabilities exceed the fair market value of the assets that secure them) and distributed the net proceeds to the Partners under the terms of this Agreement). In the event that the Partnership makes a safe harbor election as described in the preceding sentence, each Partner hereby agrees to comply with all safe harbor requirements with respect to transfers of such Partnership Interests while the safe harbor election remains effective.

 

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SECTION 9. SECTION 7.02 AMENDMENTS

Section 7.02 of the Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the first sentence of Section 7.02(d) with the following sentence:

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a Limited Partner may grant a bona fide security interest in Units (except for Unvested LTIP Units, as defined in Exhibit 8 hereto), and such Units may be Assigned to the secured party pursuant to such a security interest; provided , however , that the secured party will have no right to become a Substituted Partner except as provided in this Agreement.

SECTION 10. SECTION 7.07 AMENDMENTS .

Section 7.07 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding new Section 7.07(e) as follows:

(e) Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to the Redemption Rights provided for in this Section 7.07, unless and until such LTIP Units have been converted into Common Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise permitted by the Vesting Agreement or any award document, plan or other agreement pursuant to which an LTIP Unit was issued, without the consent of the General Partner, the Redemption Rights shall not be exercisable with respect to any Common Unit issued upon conversion of an LTIP Unit until two years after the date on which the LTIP Unit was issued, provided however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply (i) if the Redemption Right is exercised by an LTIP Unit holder in connection with a transaction that falls within the definition of a “Change in Control” under the Plan or any agreement or agreements pursuant to which the LTIP Units were issued to such holder, or (ii) in connection with a mandatory conversion in connection with a Capital Transaction as described in Section 1.13 of Exhibit 8 hereto.

SECTION 11. NEW EXHIBIT 8 .

The Agreement is hereby supplemented by adding after Exhibit 7 thereof a new Exhibit 8, Exhibit 8-1 and Exhibit 8-2 attached hereto .

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: DUKE REALTY CORPORATION, an Indiana Corporation, its sole general partner

 

        By:  

/s/ A NN C. D EE

        Name:   Ann C. Dee
        Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT 8

LTIP UNITS

Section 1.1 Designation and Number; Definitions

A class of Partnership Units in the Partnership designated as the “LTIP Units” is hereby established. Except to the extent a capital contribution is made with respect to an LTIP Unit, each LTIP Unit is intended to qualify as “profits interests” in the Partnership. The number of LTIP Units that may be issued shall not be limited. The following defined terms used in this Exhibit 8 shall have the meanings specified below:

Capital Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.13.A.

LTIP Unit Adjustment Events ” has the meaning set forth in 1.8.

LTIP Unit Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.9.C.

LTIP Conversion Factor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.9.A.

LTIP Unit Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.9.C.

LTIP Unit Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.9.A.

LTIP Unit Forced Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10.

LTIP Unit Forced Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10.

Unvested LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.

Vested LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.

Vesting Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.

Section 1.2 Ranking

 

  A. Except as otherwise provided in this Exhibit 8 or elsewhere in the Partnership Agreement, the LTIP Units shall, with respect to distribution rights and rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Partnership, rank (i) on a parity with the Common Units; and (ii) junior to all Partnership Units which rank senior to the Common Units.

 

  B.

The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine to issue LTIP Units in accordance with Section 4.02(e) of the Partnership Agreement. In connection with any such issuance, the General Partner shall (i) determine the amount of the Capital Contribution (if any) to be made in connection with such issuance and the manner in which such Capital Contribution shall be made, and (ii) make such revisions to the Partnership Agreement as it determines are appropriate to reflect the issuance of

 

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  such LTIP Units. Upon the issuance of LTIP Units, the holder of such LTIP Units shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner upon furnishing to the General Partner (A) evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner and (B) such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner. The admission of an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such person is recorded by the General Partner in the books and records of the Partnership.

Section 1.3 Vesting .

LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of an award, vesting or other similar agreement (a “Vesting Agreement ) . The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the terms of any plan pursuant to which the LTIP Units are issued, if applicable. LTIP Units that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “Vested LTIP Units ”; all other LTIP Units are referred to as “Unvested LTIP Units .” Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a holder of LTIP Units shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as holders of Common Units are entitled to transfer their Common Units pursuant to Article VII of the Partnership Agreement.

Section 1.4 Forfeiture or Transfer of Unvested LTIP Units .

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Vesting Agreement, upon the occurrence of any event specified in a Vesting Agreement as resulting in either the forfeiture of any LTIP Units, or the repurchase by the Partnership or the General Partner of LTIP Units at a specified purchase price, then, upon the occurrence of the circumstances resulting in such forfeiture or repurchase by the Partnership or the General Partner, the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose, or as transferred to the Partnership or General Partner, as applicable. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with a record date prior to the effective date of the forfeiture.

Section 1.5 Legend .

The books and records of the Partnership as maintained by the General Partner or by its agent (or if applicable any certificate evidencing an LTIP Unit) shall bear an appropriate notation or legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation those set forth in a Vesting Agreement, apply to LTIP Units.

 

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Section 1.6 Distributions .

The distributions to which holders of LTIP Units will be entitled with respect to their LTIP Units will be determined in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement, including, without limitation, Article IV.

Section 1.7 Allocations .

The allocations to which holders of LTIP Units will be entitled with respect to their LTIP Units will be determined in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement, including, without limitation, Article IV thereof.

Section 1.8 Adjustments .

Unless otherwise provided by the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units, as approved by the General Partner, the General Partner shall maintain a one-to-one correspondence between Common Units and LTIP Units upon events such as distributions on all outstanding Common Units in additional Partnership Units, subdivision, combination, reclassification or recapitalization of the Common Units. If more than one such event triggers an adjustment, the adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account the multiple events as if they all occurred simultaneously. If in the opinion of the General Partner an adjustment to the LTIP Units is required to maintain the same correspondence between Common Units and LTIP Units after an event such as those described in the first sentence of this Section 1.8 as existed prior to such event, the General Partner shall make such adjustment to the extent permitted by the Partnership Agreement, by law and by the terms of any plan pursuant to which the LTIP Units have been issued in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances to maintain such correspondence. If an adjustment is made to the LTIP Units as herein provided, the Partnership shall promptly (i) file in the books and records of the Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error, and (ii) give notice thereof to the holders of LTIP Units affected thereby.

Section 1.9 Right to Convert LTIP Units into Common Units .

A. Conversion Righ t . Subject to automatic conversion pursuant to Section 1.10.A, a holder of LTIP Units shall have the right (the “ LTIP Unit Conversion Right ”), at his or her option, at any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into a number (or fraction thereof) of fully paid and non-assessable Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 1.8 equal to the LTIP Conversion Factor as applicable to each LTIP Unit being converted. Holders of LTIP Units shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into Common Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided , however , that when a holder of LTIP Units is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such Person may give the Partnership an LTIP Unit Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting, and such LTIP Unit Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the holder of the LTIP Units, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units the Book-Up Target of which is zero into Common Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 1.9. “ LTIP Conversion Factor ” shall mean the quotient

 

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of (i) the Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to the LTIP Unit being converted as of the date of conversion, divided by (ii) the Common Unit Economic Balance as of the date of conversion, provided that if the Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to an LTIP Unit has at any time reached an amount equal to the Common Unit Economic Balance determined as of such time, the LTIP Conversion Factor for such LTIP Unit shall never exceed one (1), subject to such adjustment as may be made pursuant to Section 1.8 and unless otherwise provided by the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units as approved by the General Partner.

B. Number of Units Convertible . A holder of Vested LTIP Units may convert such Vested LTIP Units the Book-Up Target of which is zero into an equal number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Units (after giving effect to any adjustments made pursuant to Section 1.8) unless otherwise provided by the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units as approved by the General Partner.

C. Notice . In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, a holder of LTIP Units shall deliver a notice (an “ LTIP Unit Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Schedule 7-1 hereto not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to a date (the “ LTIP Unit Conversion Date ”) specified in such LTIP Unit Conversion Notice. Each holder of LTIP Units covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 1.9 shall be free and clear of all liens, claims and/or encumbrances whatsoever. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to Article VII of the Partnership Agreement), a holder of LTIP Units may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Partnership Agreement relating to those Common Units that will be issued to such holder upon conversion of such LTIP Units into Common Units in advance of the LTIP Unit Conversion Date; provided , however , that the redemption of such Common Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place until the LTIP Unit Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put a holder of LTIP Units in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the Common Units into which his or her Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership in accordance with Section 7.07 of the Partnership Agreement simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the Company elects to assume the Partnership’s redemption obligation with respect to such Common Units under Section 7.07(b) of the Partnership Agreement by delivering to such holder REIT Shares, then such holder can have such REIT Shares issued to him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Common Units. The General Partner shall cooperate with a holder of LTIP Units to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.

Section 1.10 Company Initiated Conversion .

A. Unless previously converted by a holder pursuant to Section 1.9, each LTIP Unit shall, upon the later to occur of (i) the LTIP Unit becoming a Vested LTIP Unit and (ii) the Book-Up Target of the LTIP Unit equaling zero, automatically and without further action by a holder convert into a Common Unit, after giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 1.8, and the General Partner shall reflect such conversion in the records of the Partnership; provided that the General Partner may, at its discretion, suspend the operation of this Section 1.10.A with respect to any holder or any LTIP Unit. The General Partner shall maintain internal controls to track the automatic conversion of LTIP Units described in this Section 1.10.A.

B. Subject to automatic conversion pursuant to Section 1.10.A, if applicable, the

 

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Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units the Book-Up Target of which is zero held by a holder of LTIP Units to be converted (a “ LTIP Unit Forced Conversion ”) into an equal number of Common Units (after giving effect to any adjustments made pursuant to Section 1.8) unless otherwise provided by the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units as approved by the General Partner. In order to exercise its right to cause an LTIP Unit Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a “ LTIP Unit Forced Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Schedule 8-2 hereto to the applicable holder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the LTIP Unit Conversion Date specified in such LTIP Unit Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced LTIP Unit Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 9.01 of the Partnership Agreement.

Section 1.11 Conversion Procedures .

Subject to any redemption of Common Units to be received upon the conversion of Vested LTIP Units as provided in Section 1.9, a conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the holder thereof has given an LTIP Unit Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced LTIP Unit Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable LTIP Unit Conversion Date without any action on the part of such holder of LTIP Units, as of which time such holder of LTIP Units shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership with the issuance as of the opening of business on the next day of the number of Common Units issuable upon such conversion. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such holder of LTIP Units, upon his or her written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying the number of Common Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by such Person immediately after such conversion.

Section 1.12 Treatment of Capital Account .

For purposes of making future allocations under Article IV of the Partnership Agreement, as amended from time to time, the portion of the Economic Capital Account Balance of the applicable holder of LTIP Units that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the Common Unit Economic Balance.

Section 1.13 Mandatory Conversion in Connection with a Capital Transaction.

A. If the Partnership or the General Partner shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self-tender offer for all or substantially all Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an LTIP Unit Adjustment Event), in each case as a result of which Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right to receive, or the holders of Common Units shall otherwise be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Capital Transaction ”), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Capital Transaction, exercise its right to cause an LTIP Unit Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Capital Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Capital Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold for the consideration provided in the agreement or agreements with respect to the Capital Transaction or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the

 

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value attributed to the Partnership Units in the context of the Capital Transaction (in which case the LTIP Unit Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Capital Transaction and the conversion shall occur immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Capital Transaction).

B. In anticipation of such LTIP Unit Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Capital Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each holder of LTIP Units to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Capital Transaction in consideration for the Common Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted pursuant to this Section 1.13 the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Capital Transaction by a holder of the same number of Common Units, assuming such holder of Common Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Capital Transaction, prior to such Capital Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each holder of LTIP Units of such election, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford such holders the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion pursuant to this Section 1.13 of each LTIP Unit held by such holder into Common Units in connection with such Capital Transaction. If a holder of LTIP Units fails to make such an election, such holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion pursuant to this Section 1.13 of each LTIP Unit held by him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a holder of a Common Unit would receive if such holder of Common Units failed to make such an election.

C. Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement and the terms of any plan under which LTIP Units are issued, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Capital Transaction to be consistent with the provisions of this Section 1.13 and to enter into an agreement with the successor or acquiring entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders of LTIP Units whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Common Units in connection with the Capital Transaction that will contain provisions enabling the holders of LTIP Units that remain outstanding after such Capital Transaction to preserve, as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances, the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in this Exhibit 8 and the Partnership Agreement.

Section 1.14 Redemption Right of LTIP Unit Limited Partners .

A. LTIP Units will not be redeemable at the option of the Partnership; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Partnership from (i) repurchasing LTIP Units from the holder thereof if and to the extent such holder agrees to sell such LTIP Units or (ii) from exercising its LTIP Unit Forced Conversion right.

B. Except as otherwise set forth in the relevant Vesting Agreement or other separate agreement entered into between the Partnership and a LTIP Unit Limited Partner, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Partnership Agreement or the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units as approved by the General Partner, on or at any time after the applicable

 

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LTIP Unit Conversion Date each LTIP Unit Limited Partner will have the same right (and subject to the same terms and conditions and to be effected in the same manner) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Common Units into which such LTIP Unit Limited Partner’s LTIP Units were converted as the other holders of Common Units in accordance with Article VII of the Partnership Agreement.

Section 1.15 Voting Rights .

Holders of LTIP Units, whether vested or unvested, shall not have any voting rights other than as provided in Section 1.16.

Section 1.16 Special Approval Rights .

Holders of LTIP Units shall only (a) have those voting rights required from time to time by non-waivable provisions of applicable law, if any, and (b) have the additional voting rights that are expressly set forth in this Section 1.16. The General Partner and/or the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of holders of more than 50% of the then outstanding LTIP Units (both vested and unvested) affected thereby, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a class), take any action that would materially and adversely alter, change, or amend, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the rights, powers or privileges of such LTIP Units, subject to the following exceptions:

(i) no separate consent of the holders of LTIP Units will be required if and to the extent that any such alteration, change, or amendment would, in a ratable and proportional manner, alter, change, or amend the rights, powers or privileges of the Common Units;

(ii) a merger, consolidation or other business combination or reorganization of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of their Affiliates shall not be deemed to materially and adversely alter, change, or amend the rights, powers or privileges of the LTIP Units, so long as either (w) the LTIP Units that are then eligible for conversion (or that the General Partner provides will be eligible for conversion in connection with the merger, consolidation or other business combination or reorganization) are converted into Common Units immediately prior to the effectiveness of the transaction, (x) the holders of LTIP Units either will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each LTIP Unit an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the amount of cash, securities or other property that would be paid in respect of such LTIP Unit had it been converted into Common Units (or a fraction thereof, as applicable, under the terms provided by the terms of a specific series of LTIP Units as approved by the General Partner), (y) the LTIP Units remain outstanding with their terms materially unchanged, or (z) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity in the merger, consolidation or other business combination or reorganization, the LTIP Units are exchanged for a security of the surviving entity with terms that are materially the same with respect to rights to allocations, distributions, redemption, conversion and voting as the LTIP Units;

(iii) any creation or issuance of Partnership Units (whether ranking junior to, on a parity with or senior to the LTIP Units in any respect), which either (x) does not require the consent of the holders of Common Units or (y) does require such consent and is authorized by a vote of the holders of Common Units, together with any other class or series of units of limited partnership interest in the Partnership upon which like voting rights have been conferred, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely alter, change, or amend the rights, powers or privileges of the LTIP Units; and

 

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(iv) any waiver by the Partnership of restrictions or limitations applicable to any outstanding LTIP Units with respect to any holder or holders thereof shall not be deemed to materially and adversely alter, change, or amend the rights, powers or privileges of the LTIP Units with respect to other holders. For the avoidance of doubt, the General Partner in its sole discretion may waive any restrictions or limitations (including vesting restrictions or transfer restrictions) applicable to any outstanding LTIP Units with respect to any holder or holders at any time and from time to time. Any such determination in the General Partner’s discretion in respect of such LTIP Units shall be final and binding. Such determinations need not be uniform and may be made selectively among holders of LTIP Units, whether or not such holders are similarly situated, and shall not constitute the breach of any duty hereunder or otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise.

The foregoing special approval rights will not apply if, as of or prior to the time when the action with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be taken or be effective, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have been converted and/or redeemed, or provision is made for such redemption and/or conversion to occur as of or prior to such time.

Section 1.17 Rights to Transfer .

Subject to the terms of the relevant Vesting Agreement or other document pursuant to which LTIP Units are granted, except in connection with the exercise of a LTIP Unit Redemption Right pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Partnership Agreement, a transfer of all or any portion of a holder’s LTIP Units will be subject to Article VII of the Partnership Agreement.

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EXHIBIT 8-1

Notice of Election by Partner to Convert LTIP Units into Common Units

The undersigned holder of LTIP Units hereby irrevocably elects to convert the number of Vested LTIP Units in Duke Realty Limited Partnership. (the “ Partnership ”) set forth below into Common Units in accordance with the terms of the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned: (a) has title to such LTIP Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other Person other than the Partnership; (b) has the full right, power, and authority to cause the conversion of such LTIP Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all persons or entities, if any, having the right to consent or approve such conversion.

 

Name of Holder:  
(Please Print: Exact Name as Registered with Partnership)

 

Number of LTIP Units to be Converted:

 

 

Conversion Date:  

 

 

(Signature of Holder: Sign Exact Name as Registered with Partnership)

 

(Street Address)

 

(City)                                         (State)                                   (Zip Code)

 

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EXHIBIT 8-2

Notice of Election by Partnership to Force Conversion

of LTIP Units into Common Units

Duke Realty Limited Partnership (the “ Partnership ”) hereby irrevocably elects to cause the number of LTIP Units held by the holder of LTIP Units set forth below to be converted into Common Units in accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended.

 

Name of Holder:    
  (Please Print: Exact Name as Registered with Partnership)

 

Number of LTIP Units to be Converted:  

 

  

 

Conversion Date:  

 

  

 

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Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

2010 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN

The Duke Realty Corporation 2010 Performance Share Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended as set forth below. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

1. “PSP Awards” under the Plan may be made in the form of Performance Shares and/or an Other Stock Based Award (as defined in the Equity Incentive Plan), as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

2. References in the Plan to Performance Shares shall be deemed to include Performance Shares and/or Other Stock Based Awards, as and to the extent applicable to a PSP Award.

3. References in the Plan to “Shares,” as and to the extent such references relate to PSP Awards awarded in the form of Other Stock Based Awards shall be deemed to include LTIP Units (as defined in the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (as amended and supplemented from time to time) of Duke Realty Limited Partnership) or such other right valued with reference to Stock or other Award relating to Stock, as and to the extent applicable.

4. The definition of “Award Certificate” set forth in the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“‘Award Certificate means a certificate or an award agreement, provided to a Participant on or near the date of grant of a PSP Award, setting forth the terms and conditions, including performance goals, relating to that particular PSP Award.”

5. Section 5.1 of the Plan is hereby amended to insert the following sentence at the end of such Section:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a PSP Award is made in the form of an Other Stock Based Award, such PSP Award may provide for additional or different rights with respect to dividends and/or distributions, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.”

6. Section 5.7 of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“If a Participant’s employment terminates due to his or her Retirement prior to the end of the Performance Period applicable to a PSP Award, then, subject to the following


sentence, the Participant’s PSP Award shall remain outstanding and, subject to the achievement of the applicable performance conditions for the PSP Award, shall be settled on the date on which the PSP Award would have been settled if the Participant’s employment had not terminated. As consideration for the continued vesting of the PSP Awards as a result of the Participant’s Retirement, and provided that the Participant has not previously entered into a non-competition agreement with the Company, the Participant shall enter into a non-competition agreement with the Company at the time of the Participant’s Retirement if requested by the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer within 60 days following the date of Retirement, in such form as shall be reasonably determined by the Committee. In the event that the Participant refuses to enter into such non-competition agreement, then all of the PSP Awards that have not been settled as of the date immediately preceding the date of the Participant’s Retirement shall be forfeited on the earlier of (A) the time of such refusal, or (B) 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the 60 th day following the date of the Participant’s Retirement. In the event that the Participant enters into or has previously entered into a non-competition agreement with the Company and breaches such agreement, all of the PSP Awards that have not been settled as of the date immediately preceding the date of Retirement shall expire immediately as of the time of such breach.”

7. Except as so amended, the Plan in all other respects is hereby

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board has caused this First Amendment to the Plan to be duly executed on this 28 day of January, 2015.

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
By:  

/ S / D ENNIS D. O KLAK

  Dennis D. Oklak
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.2

FORM OF DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

LTIP UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

Name of Participant:

 

(the “Participant”)

No. of LTIP Units Awarded:

 

Grant Date:

 

RECITALS

A. The Participant is an officer of Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”) and provides services to Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership, through which the Company conducts substantially all of its operations (the “Partnership”).

B. Pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “LP Agreement”) of the Partnership, the Company hereby grants the Participant an Other Stock-Based Award pursuant to the Plan and hereby causes the Partnership to issue to the Participant, the number of LTIP Units (as defined in the LP Agreement) set forth above (the “Award LTIP Units”) having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the LP Agreement. Upon the close of business on the Grant Date pursuant to this LTIP Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), the Participant shall receive the number of LTIP Units specified above, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein, in the Plan and in the LP Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Plan.

C. The Compensation Committee (the “Committee) of the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Participant is entitled to receive the Award LTIP Units.

NOW, THEREFORE , the Company, the Partnership and the Participant agree as follows:

1. Effectiveness of Award . The Participant shall be admitted as a partner of the Partnership with beneficial ownership of the Award LTIP Units as of the Grant Date by (i) signing and delivering to the Partnership a copy of this Agreement and (ii) signing, as a Limited Partner, and delivering to the Partnership a counterpart signature page to the LP Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit A). Upon execution of this Agreement by the Participant, the


Partnership and the Company, the books and records maintained by the General Partner shall reflect the issuance to the Participant of the Award LTIP Units. Thereupon, the Participant shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner of the Partnership with respect to a number of LTIP Units equal to the Award LTIP Units, as set forth in the LP Agreement, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Section 2 below. The LTIP Units are uncertificated securities of the Partnership and upon the Participant’s request, the General Partner shall confirm the number of LTIP Units issued to the Participant.

2. Vesting of Award LTIP Units . Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 below, the Award LTIP Units shall become vested on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Participant remains an employee of the Employer on such Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the Award LTIP Units shall become vested only with respect to the number of Award LTIP Units specified as vested on each such date. There shall be no proportionate or partial vesting of Award LTIP Units in or during the months, days or periods between each Vesting Date.

 

Continuous Status as a

Participant After Grant Date

   Number of Units
Vesting Per Year
   Percent of
Units Vested
 

Less than 1 Year

   X      0

1 Year

   X      33 1/3

2 Years

   X      66 2/3

3 Years

   X      100
  

 

  

Total Vesting

   X   
  

 

  

In the event of the occurrence of a Change in Control, all outstanding Award LTIP Units shall become fully vested if the Award LTIP Units are not equitably converted or substituted by the surviving Corporation.

3. Distributions . Distributions on the Award LTIP Units shall be paid to the Participant to the extent provided for in the LP Agreement.

4. Termination of Employment .

(a) Death or Disability . If the Participant’s employment with the Employer shall terminate by reason of death or Disability prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Section 2 above, any Award LTIP Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice become fully vested.

(b) Termination of Employment by the Employer Without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason Within One Year Following the Occurrence of a Change in Control . If the Participant’s employment with the Employer shall be terminated by the Employer for any reason other than Cause, or the Participant shall resign his or her employment for Good Reason, in either case within one year following the occurrence of a Change in Control, all the Participant’s unvested Award LTIP Units shall become vested on the date of such termination.

 

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(c) Termination of Employment by Reason of Retirement .

(i) If the Participant’s employment terminates by reason of Retirement, then, subject to subsection (c)(ii) below, any unvested Award LTIP Units shall continue to vest pursuant to the schedule in Section 2 above.

(ii) As consideration for the continued vesting of the Award LTIP Units as a result of the Participant’s Retirement, and provided that the Participant has not previously entered into a non-competition agreement with the Company, the Participant shall enter into a non-competition agreement with the Company at the time of the Participant’s Retirement if requested by the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer within 60 days following the date of Retirement, in such form as shall be reasonably determined by the Committee. In the event that the Participant refuses to enter into such non-competition agreement, then all of the Award LTIP Units that were not vested as of the date immediately preceding the date of the Participant’s Retirement shall expire on the earlier of (A) the time of such refusal, or (B) 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the 60 th day following the date of the Participant’s Retirement. In the event that the Participant enters into or has previously entered into a non-competition agreement with the Company and breaches such agreement, any outstanding Award LTIP Units and restricted stock units awarded under the Plan that were not vested as of the date immediately preceding the date of Retirement shall expire immediately as of the time of such breach.

(d) Other Termination of Employment . If the Participant’s employment with the Employer terminates for any reason other than those described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, any Award LTIP Units held by the Participant that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be terminated and neither the Participant nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Award LTIP Units. The Participant shall retain his or her right to any Award LTIP Units that have vested prior to the date of termination of employment.

5. Changes in Capitalization . Without duplication with the provisions of Article 15 of the Plan, if (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company or a transaction similar thereto, (ii) any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification, recapitalization, spin-off, or other similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than ordinary cash dividends, shall occur or (iii) any other event shall occur which in the judgment of the Committee necessitates action by way of adjusting the terms of this Agreement, then and in that event, the Committee shall take such action as shall be necessary to maintain the Participant’s rights hereunder so that they are substantially proportionate to the rights existing under this Agreement prior to such event, including, but not limited to, adjustments in the number of Award LTIP Units then subject to this Agreement and substitution of other awards under the Plan or otherwise.

6. Incorporation of Plan; Interpretation by Committee . This Agreement is subject to the terms, conditions, limitations and definitions contained in the Plan, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency

 

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between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. The Committee may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of this Agreement, which are consistent with the terms of this Agreement, as it deems appropriate.

7. Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the meanings specified herein:

(a) “Employer” means either the Company or any Affiliate that employs the Participant.

(b) “Redemption Right” is defined in Section 7.07(a) of the LP Agreement.

(c) “Resignation for Good Reason” after a Change in Control means, without the Participant’s prior written consent: (i) a forced move to a location more than 60 miles from the Participant’s place of business immediately prior to the Change in Control; or (ii) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary and/or annual incentive bonus target as compared to that in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control. The Participant may not resign for Good Reason without providing the Employer written notice of the grounds that the Participant believes constitute Good Reason and giving the Employer at least 30 days after such notice to cure and remedy the claimed event of Good Reason.

(d) “Retirement” means the Participant’s termination of employment with the Employer, other than a Termination for Cause, on or after the date the Participant attains the age of 55 years provided that, as of the date of termination, the sum of the number of whole years of the Participant’s employment with the Company or an Affiliate plus the Participant’s age totals at least 65 years.

(e) “Termination for Cause” means the Participant’s termination of employment with the Employer for Cause (as defined in the Plan) or by reason of the Participant’s (i) violation of material Company or Affiliate policies or (ii) breach of non-competition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant.

8. Restrictions on Transfer . None of the Award LTIP Units granted hereunder nor any of the common units of the Partnership into which such Award LTIP Units may be converted (the “Award Common Units”) shall be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, given away or in any other manner disposed of, or encumbered, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or by conversion into Common Units (each such action a “Transfer”) until the later of the date that (a) the Award LTIP Units vest and (b) is two (2) years after the Grant Date. From and after such date, any Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.02 of the LP Agreement; provided, however, that the minimum unit transfer requirement in Section 7.02(iii) of the LP Agreement shall not apply. Additionally, all Transfers of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units must be in compliance with all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the “Securities Act”). In connection with any Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units, the Partnership may require the Participant to provide an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Partnership, that such Transfer is in compliance with all

 

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federal and state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act). Any attempted Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 8 shall be null and void, and the Partnership shall not reflect on its records any change in record ownership of any Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units as a result of any such Transfer, shall otherwise refuse to recognize any such Transfer and shall not in any way give effect to any such Transfer of any Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement is personal to the Participant, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

9. Legend . The records of the Partnership and any other documentation evidencing the Award LTIP Units shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Partnership in its sole discretion, to the effect that such LTIP Units are subject to restrictions as set forth herein, in the Plan and in the LP Agreement.

10. Tax Matters; Section 83(b) Election . The Participant may make an election to include in gross income in the year of transfer the fair market value of the Award LTIP Units hereunder pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

11. Withholding and Taxes . No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the Participant for income tax purposes or subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act withholding with respect to the Award LTIP Units granted hereunder, the Participant will pay to the Company or, if appropriate, any of its Subsidiaries, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any United States federal, state or local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. The Company may cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Participant in respect of the Participant’s exercise of the Redemption Right a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due, or (ii) withholding from Award LTIP Units granted to the Participant with an aggregate value that would satisfy the withholding amount due. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to the Participant.

12. Compensation Recoupment Policy . This Award shall be subject to any compensation recoupment policy of the Company that is applicable by its terms to the Participant and to Awards of this type.

13. Amendment; Modification . This Agreement may only be modified or amended in a writing signed by the parties hereto, provided that the Participant acknowledges that the Plan may be amended or modified in accordance with Section 16.1 thereof and that this Agreement may be amended or canceled by the Committee, on behalf of the Company and the Partnership, in each case for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, so long as no such action shall adversely affect the Participant’s rights under this Agreement without the Participant’s written consent. No promises, assurances, commitments, agreements, undertakings or representations, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, and whether express or implied,

 

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with respect to the subject matter hereof, have been made by the parties which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. The failure of the Participant or the Company or the Partnership to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement, or to assert any right the Participant or the Company or the Partnership, respectively, may have under this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

14. Complete Agreement . Other than as specifically stated herein or as otherwise set forth in any employment, change in control or other agreement or arrangement to which the Participant is a party which specifically refers to the Award LTIP Units or to the treatment of compensatory equity held by the Participant generally, this Agreement (together with those agreements and documents expressly referred to herein, for the purposes referred to herein) embody the complete and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any and all prior promises, assurances, commitments, agreements, undertakings or representations, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, and whether express or implied, which may relate to the subject matter hereof in any way.

15. Investment Representation; Registration . The Participant hereby makes the covenants, representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto as of the Grant Date. All of such covenants, warranties and representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Participant. The Participant shall promptly notify the Partnership upon discovering that any of the representations or warranties set forth on Exhibit B was false when made or have, as a result of changes in circumstances, become false. The Partnership will have no obligation to register under the Securities Act any of the Award LTIP Units or upon conversion or exchange of the Award LTIP Units into other limited partnership interests of the Partnership.

16. No Obligation to Continue Employment . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Participant in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Participant at any time.

17. No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation plans, agreements or arrangements, and any such plans, agreements and arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases or to specific persons.

18. Status of Award LTIP Units under the Plan . The Award LTIP Units are both issued as equity securities of the Partnership and granted as “Other Stock-Based Awards” under the Plan. The Company will have the right at its option, as set forth in the LP Agreement, to issue Shares in exchange for partnership units into which Award LTIP Units may have been converted pursuant to the LP Agreement, subject to certain limitations set forth in the LP Agreement, and such Shares, if issued, will be issued under the Plan. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant will have no right to approve or disapprove such election by the Company.

 

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19. Severability . If any term or provision of this Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or under any applicable law, rule or regulation, then such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable law (or if such provision cannot be so construed or deemed amended without materially altering the purpose or intent of this Agreement and the grant of Award LTIP Units hereunder, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction and the remainder of this Agreement and the award hereunder shall remain in full force and effect).

20. Law Governing . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law which could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.

21. Headings . Section, paragraph and other headings and captions are provided solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings and captions shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction, meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.

22. Notices . Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company addressed to Duke Realty Corporation, 600 East 96 th Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240, Attention: General Counsel, and shall be mailed or delivered to the Participant at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

23. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

24. Successors and Assigns . The rights and obligations created hereunder shall be binding on the Participant and his or her heirs and legal representatives and on the successors and assigns of the Partnership.

25. Data Privacy Consent . In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company and its agents may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Participant (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to its agents all Relevant Information; and (ii) authorizes the Company and its agents to store and transmit such information in electronic form. The Participant shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law and to the extent necessary to administer the Plan and this Agreement, and the Company and its agents will keep the Relevant Information confidential except as specifically authorized under this paragraph.

26. Electronic Delivery of Documents . By accepting this Agreement, the Participant (i) consents to the electronic delivery of this Agreement, all information with respect to the Plan

 

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and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s stockholders; (ii) acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing; (iii) further acknowledges that he or she may revoke his or her consent to electronic delivery of documents at any time by notifying the Company of such revoked consent by telephone, postal service or electronic mail; and (iv) further acknowledges that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents.

27. Section 409A .

(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of the Participant’s separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Participant becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of the Participant’s separation from service would be considered deferred compensation otherwise subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date that is the earlier of (A) six months and one day after the Participant’s separation from service, or (B) the Participant’s death.

(b) To the extent that any payment or benefit described in this Agreement constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, and to the extent that such payment or benefit is payable upon the Participant’s termination of employment, then such payments or benefits shall be payable only upon the Participant’s “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:  

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION, its

General Partner

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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PARTICIPANT

 

Name:

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE

The Grantee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, hereby becomes a party to the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, as amended through the date hereof (the “Partnership Agreement”).

The Grantee constitutes and appoints the General Partner and its authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as the Grantee’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the Grantee’s name, place and stead to carry out all acts described in Section 9.19(a) and (b) of the Partnership Agreement, such power of attorney to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest pursuant to Section 9.19 of the Partnership Agreement.

The Grantee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement.

 

Signature Line for Limited Partner:
By:

 

Name:
Date:

 

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EXHIBIT B

PARTICIPANT’S COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Participant hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

(a) The Participant has received and had an opportunity to review the following documents (the “Background Documents”):

(i) The latest Annual Report to Stockholders that has been provided to stockholders;

(ii) The Company’s Proxy Statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

(iii) The Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended;

(iv) The Company’s Form 10-Q for the most recently ended quarter if one has been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the filing of the Form 10-K described in clause (iv) above;

(v) Each of the Company’s Current Report(s) on Form 8-K, if any, filed since the later of the end of the fiscal year most recently ended for which a Form 10-K has been filed by the Company;

(vi) The Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership;

(vii) The Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and

(viii) The Company’s Articles of Incorporation.

The Participant also acknowledges that any delivery of the Background Documents and other information relating to the Company and the Partnership prior to the determination by the Partnership of the suitability of the Participant as a holder of Award LTIP Units shall not constitute an offer of Award LTIP Units until such determination of suitability shall be made.

(b) The Participant hereby represents and warrants that

(i) The Participant either (A) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, or (B) by reason of the business and financial experience of the Participant, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained by the Participant to represent or advise him or her with respect to the grant to him or her of LTIP Units, the potential conversion of LTIP Units into common units of the Partnership (“Common Units”) and the potential redemption of such

 

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Common Units for shares of Stock (“Shares”), has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that the Participant (I) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Partnership and potential investment in the Company and of making an informed investment decision, (II) is capable of protecting his or her own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him or her in protecting his or her its interests, and (III) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment.

(ii) The Participant understands that (A) the Participant is responsible for consulting his or her own tax advisors with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws, and the tax laws of any state, local or other taxing jurisdiction to which the Participant is or by reason of the award of LTIP Units may become subject, to his or her particular situation; (B) the Participant has not received or relied upon business or tax advice from the Company, the Partnership or any of their respective employees, agents, consultants or advisors, in their capacity as such; (C) the Participant provides or will provide services to the Partnership on a regular basis and in such capacity has access to such information, and has such experience of and involvement in the business and operations of the Partnership, as the Participant believes to be necessary and appropriate to make an informed decision to accept this Award of LTIP Units; and (D) an investment in the Partnership and/or the Company involves substantial risks. The Participant has been given the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of matters relevant to the LTIP Units and has been furnished with, and has reviewed and understands, materials relating to the Partnership and the Company and their respective activities (including, but not limited to, the Background Documents). The Participant has been afforded the opportunity to obtain any additional information (including any exhibits to the Background Documents) deemed necessary by the Participant to verify the accuracy of information conveyed to the Participant. The Participant confirms that all documents, records, and books pertaining to his or her receipt of LTIP Units which were requested by the Participant have been made available or delivered to the Participant. The Participant has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, or from a person or persons acting on their behalf, concerning the terms and conditions of the LTIP Units. The Participant has relied upon, and is making his or her decision solely upon, the Background Documents and other written information provided to the Participant by the Partnership or the Company. The Participant did not receive any tax, legal or financial advice from the Partnership or the Company and, to the extent it deemed necessary, has consulted with his or her own advisors in connection with his or her evaluation of the Background Documents and this Agreement and the Participant’s receipt of LTIP Units.

(iii) The LTIP Units to be issued, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units and any Shares issued in connection with the redemption of any such Common Units will be acquired for the account of the Participant for investment only and not with a current view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein, without prejudice, however, to the Participant’s right (subject to the terms of the LTIP Units, the Plan and this Agreement) at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of his or her or her LTIP Units, Common Units or Shares in compliance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of his or her assets being at all times within his or her control.

 

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(iv) The Participant acknowledges that (A) neither the LTIP Units to be issued, nor the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units, have been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, if such LTIP Units or Common Units are represented by certificates, such certificates will bear a legend to such effect, (B) the reliance by the Partnership and the Company on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Participant contained herein, (C) such LTIP Units, or Common Units, therefore, cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available, (D) there is no public market for such LTIP Units and Common Units and (E) neither the Partnership nor the Company has any obligation or intention to register such LTIP Units or the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to take any action that would make available any exemption from the registration requirements of such laws, except, that, upon the redemption of the Common Units for Shares, the Company currently intends to issue such Shares under the Plan and pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to the extent that (I) the Participant is eligible to receive such Shares under the Plan at the time of such issuance and (II) the Company has filed an effective Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the issuance of such Shares. The Participant hereby acknowledges that because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of such LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units which are set forth in the Partnership Agreement and this Agreement, the Participant may have to bear the economic risk of his or her ownership of the LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units for an indefinite period of time.

(v) The Participant has determined that the LTIP Units are a suitable investment for the Participant.

(vi) No representations or warranties have been made to the Participant by the Partnership or the Company, or any officer, director, shareholder, agent, or affiliate of any of them, and the Participant has received no information relating to an investment in the Partnership or the LTIP Units except the information specified in this Paragraph (b).

(c) So long as the Participant holds any LTIP Units, the Participant shall disclose to the Partnership in writing such information as may be reasonably requested with respect to ownership of LTIP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably necessary to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the Code, applicable to the Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other appropriate taxing authority.

 

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(d) The address set forth on the signature page of this Agreement is the address of the Participant’s principal residence, and the Participant has no present intention of becoming a resident of any country, state or jurisdiction other than the country and state in which such residence is sited.

(e) The representations of the Participant as set forth above are true and complete to the information and belief of the Participant, and the Partnership shall be notified promptly of any changes in the foregoing representations.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

FORM OF DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

2010 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN

LTIP UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Name of the Participant: [                    ] (the “Participant”)

Performance Period: January 1, 201    through December 31, 201    

Target Value of Award on Grant Date: [$                ]

Fair Market Value of a Share on Grant Date: [$                ]

Target No. of LTIP Units Issued: [                    ]

Grant Date: [                ]

RECITALS

A. The Participant is an officer of Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”) and provides services to Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership, through which the Company conducts substantially all of its operations (the “Partnership”).

B. Pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”), the Company’s 2010 Performance Share Plan (the “Performance Plan”) and the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “LP Agreement”) of the Partnership, the Company hereby grants the Participant an Other Stock-Based Award pursuant to the Plan (an “Award”) and hereby causes the Partnership to issue to the Participant, the number of LTIP Units (as defined in the LP Agreement) set forth above (the “Award LTIP Units”) having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the LP Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Plan.

C. The Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Participant is entitled to receive the Award LTIP Units. After the date hereof, the Committee may determine that the Participant is entitled to additional LTIP Units with respect to the Performance Period set forth above, in which case additional LTIP Units shall be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement. The exact number of LTIP Units earned shall be determined following the conclusion of the Performance Period based on the AFFO Payout Percentage, the Total Shareholder Return Payout Percentage and the Leverage Metrics Payout Percentage as provided for herein. Any Award LTIP Units not earned upon the end of the Performance Period will be forfeited and any additional LTIP Units owed to the Participant shall be issued as soon as reasonably practical following the end of the Performance Period.


NOW, THEREFORE , the Company, the Partnership and the Participant agree as follows:

1. Effectiveness of Award . The Participant shall be admitted as a partner of the Partnership with beneficial ownership of the Award LTIP Units as of the Grant Date by (i) signing and delivering to the Partnership a copy of this Agreement and (ii) signing, as a Limited Partner, and delivering to the Partnership a counterpart signature page to the LP Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit A ). Upon execution of this Agreement by the Participant, the Partnership and the Company, the books and records of the Partnership maintained by the General Partner shall reflect the issuance to the Participant of the Award LTIP Units. Thereupon, the Participant shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner of the Partnership with respect to a number of LTIP Units equal to the Award LTIP Units, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Section 2 below and elsewhere herein. The LTIP Units are uncertificated securities of the Partnership and upon the Participant’s request the General Partner shall confirm the number of LTIP Units issued to the Participant.

2. Vesting and Earning of Award LTIP Units .

(a) This Award is subject to performance vesting and a continuous service requirement during the Performance Period. The Award LTIP Units will be subject to forfeiture based on the Company’s performance to the extent provided in this Agreement.

(b) (i) The number of LTIP Units earned upon settlement of this Award will equal the sum of (A) the Award LTIP Units times the Combined Payout Percentage (“LTIP Unit Equivalent”), plus (B) the number of additional LTIP Units that would have been accumulated if the LTIP Units determined pursuant to clause (A) had been issued by the Company on the first day of the Performance Period and all dividends paid by the Company with respect to such LTIP Unit Equivalent (reduced by the distributions actually paid with respect to the Award LTIP Units) had been reinvested in Shares at a price equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share on the ex-dividend date (together, the “Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent”). The Combined Payout Percentage shall equal the simple average of the AFFO Payout Percentage, the Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) Payout Percentage and the Leverage Metrics Payout Percentage as determined under the following tables. The Leverage Metrics Payout Percentage shall mean the simple average of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Payout Percentage and the Debt Plus Preferred to EBITDA Ratio Payout Percentage:

 

Performance Level

  

Average Annual Growth in AFFO per

Share for the Performance Period

   AFFO Payout
Percentage
Superior      
Target      
Threshold      

 

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Performance Level

  

Annualized TSR Percentile Rank for

the Performance Period

   TSR Payout
Percentage
Superior      
Stretch      
Target      
Threshold      

 

Performance Level

  

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

   Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio
Payout
Percentage
Superior      
Target      
Threshold      

 

Performance Level

  

Debt Plus Preferred to EBITDA Ratio

   Debt Plus
Preferred to
EBITDA Ratio
Payout
Percentage
Superior      
Target      
Threshold      

The AFFO Payout Percentage, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Payout Percentage and the Debt Plus Preferred to EBITDA Ratio Payout Percentage shall be interpolated between the Threshold and Superior performance levels, with the maximum Payout Percentages for each equal to 200%. The TSR Payout Percentage shall not be interpolated. For example, if the Average Annual Growth in AFFO per Share for the Performance Period was 1.5%, the Annualized TSR for the Performance Period was in the 55 th Percentile, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was 3.15 and the Debt Plus Preferred to EBITDA Ratio was 6.875, then the Combined Payout Percentage would equal 95.83%: the sum of [(a) 75% (AFFO Payout Percentage), (b) 100% (TSR Payout Percentage), and (c) 112.5% (the average of the two Leverage Metric Payout Percentages)] divided by 3. A payout percentage for a particular performance metric shall be zero percent if the threshold performance level of that performance metric is not attained.

(ii) Average Annual Growth in AFFO Per Share Computation . Except as provided below in the case of a Change in Control, Average Annual Growth in AFFO per Share shall mean the simple average of the Annual Growth in AFFO per Share for the three calendar years of the Performance Period. Annual Growth in AFFO per Share for a calendar year shall mean the percentage by which AFFO for the applicable calendar year exceeds AFFO for the prior calendar year. AFFO growth may be a negative percentage. AFFO shall be computed in a consistent manner from year to year and in accordance with disclosures made by the Company in its SEC filings or applicable supplemental data filed on the Company’s website.

 

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In general, AFFO means core Funds from Operations less recurring building improvements and second generation capital expenditures and adjusted for certain non-cash items such as straight line rental income, non-cash components of interest expense and stock compensation expense, and after similar adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

(iii) Annualized TSR Computation . Except as provided below in the case of a Change in Control, Annualized TSR for the Performance Period shall mean the annualized return, assuming annual compounding, that would cause (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date immediately preceding the beginning of the Performance Period, to equal (B) the sum of (x) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock at the end of the Performance Period and (y) the cumulative value of the Company’s dividends paid over the Performance Period, assuming the reinvestment of such dividends into Stock on the ex-dividend date.

The Company’s Annualized TSR for the Performance Period shall be compared to the Annualized TSR for the Performance Period computed in a consistent manner for the following companies (“Peer Group”):

Peer #1

Peer #2

Peer #3

Peer #4

Peer #5

Peer #6

Peer #7

Peer #8

Peer #9

Peer #10

Percentile Rank shall mean the percentage that is (a) the number of Peer Group companies with an Annualized TSR that is less than the Company’s Annualized TSR, divided by (b) the total number of companies in the Peer Group. For example, if four of the Peer Group companies had an Annualized TSR over the Performance Period that was less than the Company’s Annualized TSR, the Annualized TSR for the Performance Period would be in the 40th percentile [4/10].

In the event any of the companies in the Peer Group cease to be traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange during the Performance Period, such company shall be removed from the Peer Group and excluded from the percentile computations. However, if the reason for the cessation of trading was due to bankruptcy, insolvency or, at the discretion of the Committee, the acquisition of the company as the result of financial distress, the Annualized TSR performance of such company will be treated as underperforming the Company’s Annualized TSR.

(iv) Leverage Metrics Computation . Except as provided below in the case of a Change in Control, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean Core EBITDA divided by [interest expense + preferred dividends + capitalized interest].

 

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Except as provided below in the case of a Change in Control, Debt plus Preferred to EBITDA Ratio shall mean [Company debt + preferred stock - cash] divided by Core EBITDA.

Core EBITDA and each of the components thereof used in the above definitions shall be based upon the final yearof the Performance Period except that Core EBITDA and earnings shall be adjusted (i) to include a full year’s EBITDA and earnings from properties acquired during the year and for development projects that were placed in service during the year, and (ii) to exclude all EBITDA and earnings from properties that were sold during such year.

Core EBITDA shall mean earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) adjusted to exclude gains or losses on land or other property sales, gains or losses pertaining to acquisitions, impairment charges, capital transactions, and severance charges related to major overhead restructuring activities.

In the event that a major capital transaction (including a spin-off, the issuance or redemption of debt, preferred stock, common stock and limited partnership interests of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, or other similar transactions as determined by the Committee) occurred during the year, pro forma adjustments shall be made to the applicable components of the Leverage Metric computations as if such capital transaction had occurred at the beginning of the year.

All computations of the Leverage Metrics computations shall be determined in a manner consistent with the disclosures made in the applicable quarterly Supplemental Information report contained on the Company’s website. In addition, each component shall be adjusted to include the Company’s applicable share of such components from joint ventures.

(c) Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent Compared to Award LTIP Units . If the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent is smaller than the aggregate number of Award LTIP Units previously issued to the Participant, then the Participant shall forfeit a number of Award LTIP Units equal to the difference without payment of any consideration by the Partnership; thereafter the term Award LTIP Units will refer only to the Award LTIP Units that were not so forfeited and neither the Participant nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in the LTIP Units that were so forfeited. If the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent is greater than the aggregate number of Award LTIP Units previously issued to the Participant, then, upon the performance of the calculations set forth in Section 2(b) above: (i) the Company shall cause the Partnership to issue to the Participant a number of additional LTIP Units equal to the difference; (ii) such additional LTIP Units shall be added to the Award LTIP Units previously issued, if any, and thereby become part of this Award (though, for the avoidance of doubt, will have a Grant Date as of the date actually issued and not as of the original Grant Date for purposes of Section 8(b) herein); (iii) the Company and the Partnership shall take such corporate and partnership action as is necessary to accomplish the grant of such additional LTIP Units; and (iv) thereafter the term Award LTIP Units will refer collectively to the Award LTIP Units, if any, issued prior to such additional grant plus such additional LTIP Units; provided that such issuance will be subject to the Participant confirming the truth and accuracy of the representations set forth in Section 13 hereof and executing and delivering such documents, comparable to the documents executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement, as the Company and/or the Partnership reasonably request in

 

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order to comply with all applicable legal requirements, including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws. If the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent is the same as the number of Award LTIP Units previously issued to the Participant, then there will be no change to the number of Award LTIP Units.

(d) Termination of Employment . The continuous service requirements of Section 2(a) of this Agreement shall be applied to this Award as follows:

(i) In the event of termination of the Participant’s employment (A) by the Participant upon Retirement or (B) by reason of the Participant’s death or Disability (each a “Qualified Termination”) after the Grant Date, but prior to the end of the Performance Period, then, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)(ii) below, the Participant will retain the number of Award LTIP Units previously granted to him or her with respect to the Performance Period, but all calculations and payments, if any, with respect to this Award shall be made at the same time and on the same conditions set forth in this Section 2 for other Participants.

(ii) As consideration for the continued vesting of the Award LTIP Units as a result of the Participant’s Retirement, and provided that the Participant has not previously entered into a non-competition agreement with the Company, the Participant shall enter into a non-competition agreement with the Company at the time of the Participant’s Retirement if requested by the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer within 60 days following the date of Retirement, in such form as shall be reasonably determined by the Committee. In the event that the Participant refuses to enter into such non-competition agreement, then all of the Award LTIP Units that were not vested as of the date immediately preceding the date of the Participant’s Retirement shall expire on the earlier of (A) the time of such refusal, or (B) 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the 60 th day following the date of the Participant’s Retirement. In the event that the Participant enters into or has previously entered into a non-competition agreement and breaches such agreement, any outstanding Award LTIP Units and any outstanding Performance Shares granted under the Performance Share Plan that were not vested as of the date immediately preceding the date of Retirement shall expire immediately as of the time of such breach.

(iii) In the event of a termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason other than a Qualified Termination prior to the end of the Performance Period, this Award shall, without payment of any consideration by the Company, automatically and without notice terminate, be forfeited and be and become null and void, and neither the Participant nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in this Award, and any related Award LTIP Units.

(e) Change in Control . The Change in Control provisions of Section 5.8 of the Performance Plan shall be applied to this Award as follows:

(i) If a Change in Control occurs prior to the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period, the AFFO per Share performance level shall be deemed to be at target and, therefore, the AFFO Payout Percentage shall be 100 percent. If a Change in Control occurs on or after the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period and prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Average Annual Growth in AFFO per

 

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Share shall equal the simple average of the Annual Growth in AFFO per share for the first two calendar years of the Performance Period, and the AFFO Payout Percentage shall be determined accordingly.

(ii) If a Change in Control occurs prior to the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period, the Annualized TSR performance level shall be deemed to be at target and, therefore, the TSR Payout Percentage shall be 100 percent. If a Change in Control occurs on or after the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period and prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Annualized TSR shall be determined based on the number of full and partial years from the beginning of the Performance Period to the date of the Change in Control. The Average Annual TSR, if applicable, shall be determined based on the number of full and partial years from the beginning of the Performance Period to the date of the Change in Control.

(iii) If a Change in Control occurs prior to the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period, each of the Leverage Metric performance levels shall be deemed to be at target, and therefore the Leverage Metric Payout Percentage shall be 100%. If a Change in Control occurs on or after the second anniversary of the beginning of the Performance Period and prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Leverage Metric Payout Percentage shall be equal to the greater of (i) 100% or (ii) the Leverage Metric Payout Percentage computed using the most recent full quarter preceding the date of the Change in Control.

(iv) Subject to the provisions of Section 2(e)(v) below, after the determination of the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent upon a Change in Control, if the Participant has incurred a Qualified Termination prior to the Change in Control, the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent shall be determined as soon as reasonably practicable, and such Participant shall receive payment for his Award LTIP Units, including additional LTIP Units required to be issued under Section 2(c), in cash within 30 days of the consummation of the Change in Control. Otherwise, the dollar value of this Award shall be fixed at the dollar amount determined pursuant to Section 2(b) and (c) above based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares as of the date of the Change in Control and be payable in cash, but shall only be paid to the Participant upon the earlier of (A) between January 1 and March 15 of the year following the last day of the Performance Period if the Participant remains employed by the Company (or its successor) until the last day of the Performance Period, or (B) within 30 days of the termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company (or its successor) without Cause or by the Participant’s Resignation for Good Reason prior to the end of the Performance Period if such termination of employment occurs within 12 months following the Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s successor does not irrevocably and unconditionally agree to assume this Award in connection with the Change in Control, the dollar value of this Award shall be fully paid out to the Participant in cash within 30 days of the consummation of the Change in Control.

(v) If in connection with the Change in Control, holders of Common Units have the opportunity to receive substitute securities upon consummation of the Change in Control, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford the Participant the right to participate in an exchange of partnership interests with respect to the Earned LTIP Unit

 

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Equivalent on terms as comparable as reasonably possible to those for a holder of an equal number of Common Units in connection with such Change in Control, subject to the continuing application of any restrictions then applicable to the LTIP Units included in the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent under the Partnership Agreement, this Award, the Performance Plan or the Plan. In the absence of such an alternative (including by reason of the Participant’s failure to execute the required documentation, meet eligibility requirements or take required steps to participate in the exchange), the provisions of Section 2(e)(iv) above shall apply automatically without any action being required or permitted by the Participant. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2(e)(v) shall not be deemed to create any duty or obligation for the Partnership or the General Partner to make available to the Participant a structure that preserves for the Participant following the consummation of the Change in Control the amount, type or timing of income, gain or loss expected to be recognized by the Participant for U.S. federal income tax purposes if his or her LTIP Units had been converted into Common Units, or to make available the opportunity to exchange the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent for substitute securities with terms materially the same, with respect to rights to allocations, distributions, redemption, conversion and voting, as the LTIP Units before such Change in Control.

3. Distributions . The Participant shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to the Award LTIP Units to the extent provided for in the Partnership Agreement as follows:

(a) The Award LTIP Units are hereby designated as “Special LTIP Units.”

(b) The LTIP Unit Distribution Participation Date with respect to the Award LTIP Units is the Grant Date set forth in this Agreement.

(c) The Special LTIP Unit Full Participation Date with respect to the Award LTIP Units is the date on which the Earned LTIP Unit Equivalent is determined pursuant to the applicable clause of Section 2 hereof.

(d) The Special LTIP Unit Sharing Percentage with respect to the Award LTIP Units is 10 percent.

(e) All distributions paid with respect to the Award LTIP Units shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable when paid, whether or not the Award LTIP Units have been earned based on performance or have become vested based on continued employment as provided in Section 2 hereof.

4. Rights with Respect to Award LTIP Units . Without duplication with the provisions of Article 15 of the Plan or the Partnership Agreement, if (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company or a transaction similar thereto, (ii) any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification, recapitalization, spin-off, or other similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than ordinary cash dividends, shall occur, or (iii) any other event shall occur which, in each case in the judgment of the Committee, necessitates action by way of adjusting the terms of this Award,

 

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then and in that event, the Committee may take such action, if any, as it determines to be reasonably required to maintain the Participant’s rights hereunder so that they are substantially proportionate to the rights existing under this Agreement prior to such event, including, but not limited to, substitution of other awards under the Plan.

5. Compensation Recoupment Policy . This Award shall be subject to any compensation recoupment policy of the Company that is applicable by its terms to the Participant and to Awards of this type.

6. Incorporation of Performance Plan and the Plan; Interpretation by Committee . This Agreement is subject in all respects to the terms, conditions, limitations and definitions contained in the Performance Plan and the Plan. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between this Agreement, the Performance Plan and the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Performance Plan shall control except that in the case of a Change in Control, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. The Committee may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of this Agreement as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may interpret the Performance Plan, the Plan and this Agreement, with such interpretations to be conclusive and binding on all persons and otherwise accorded the maximum deference permitted by law. In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to interpretation of the Performance Plan, the Plan or this Agreement or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Performance Plan, the Plan or this Agreement, the decision of the Committee shall be final and binding upon all persons.

7. Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the meanings specified herein:

(a) “Employer” means either the Company or any Affiliate that employs the Participant.

(b) “Redemption Right” is defined in Section 7.07(a) of the LP Agreement.

(c) “Resignation for Good Reason” after a Change in Control means, without the Participant’s prior written consent: (i) a forced move to a location more than 60 miles from the Participant’s place of business immediately prior to the Change in Control; or (ii) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary and/or annual incentive bonus target as compared to that in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control. The Participant may not resign for Good Reason without providing the Employer written notice of the grounds that the Participant believes constitute Good Reason and giving the Employer at least 30 days after such notice to cure and remedy the claimed event of Good Reason.

(d) “Retirement” means the Participant’s termination of employment with the Employer, other than a Termination for Cause, on or after the date the Participant attains the age of 55 years provided that, as of the date of termination, the sum of the number of whole years of the Participant’s employment with the Company or an Affiliate plus the Participant’s age totals at least 65 years.

 

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8. Restrictions on Transfer . None of the Award LTIP Units granted hereunder nor any of the common units of the Partnership into which such Award LTIP Units may be converted (the “Award Common Units”) shall be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, given away or in any other manner disposed of, or encumbered, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or by conversion into Common Units (each such action a “Transfer”) until the later of the date that (a) the Award LTIP Units vest and (b) is two (2) years after the applicable Grant Date. From and after such date, any Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.02 of the LP Agreement; provided, however, that the minimum unit transfer requirement in Section 7.02(iii) of the LP Agreement shall not apply. Additionally, all Transfers of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units must be in compliance with all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the “Securities Act”). In connection with any Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units, the Partnership may require the Participant to provide an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Partnership, that such Transfer is in compliance with all federal and state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act). Any attempted Transfer of Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 7 shall be null and void, and the Partnership shall not reflect on its records any change in record ownership of any Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units as a result of any such Transfer, shall otherwise refuse to recognize any such Transfer and shall not in any way give effect to any such Transfer of any Award LTIP Units or Award Common Units. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement is personal to the Participant, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

9. Legend . The records of the Partnership and any other documentation evidencing the Award LTIP Units shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Partnership in its sole discretion, to the effect that such LTIP Units are subject to restrictions as set forth herein, in the Plan and in the LP Agreement.

10. Tax Matters; Section 83(b) Election . The Participant may make an election to include in gross income in the year of transfer the fair market value of the Award LTIP Units hereunder pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

11. Withholding and Taxes . No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the Participant for income tax purposes or subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act withholding with respect to the Award LTIP Units granted hereunder, the Participant will pay to the Company or, if appropriate, any of its Subsidiaries, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any United States federal, state or local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. The Company may cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Participant in respect of the Participant’s exercise of the Redemption Right a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due, or (ii) withholding from Award LTIP Units granted to the Participant with an aggregate value that would satisfy the withholding amount due. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to the Participant.

 

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12. Amendment; Modification . This Agreement may only be modified or amended in a writing signed by the parties hereto, provided that the Participant acknowledges that the Plan may be amended or modified in accordance with Section 16.1 thereof and that this Agreement may be amended or canceled by the Committee, on behalf of the Company and the Partnership, in each case for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, so long as no such action shall adversely affect the Participant’s rights under this Agreement without the Participant’s written consent. No promises, assurances, commitments, agreements, undertakings or representations, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, and whether express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof, have been made by the parties which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. The failure of the Participant or the Company or the Partnership to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement, or to assert any right the Participant or the Company or the Partnership, respectively, may have under this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

13. Complete Agreement . Other than as specifically stated herein or as otherwise set forth in any employment, change in control or other agreement or arrangement to which the Participant is a party which specifically refers to the Award LTIP Units or to the treatment of compensatory equity held by the Participant generally, this Agreement (together with those agreements and documents expressly referred to herein, for the purposes referred to herein) embody the complete and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any and all prior promises, assurances, commitments, agreements, undertakings or representations, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, and whether express or implied, which may relate to the subject matter hereof in any way.

14. Investment Representation; Registration . The Participant hereby makes the covenants, representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto as of the Grant Date. All of such covenants, warranties and representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Participant. The Participant shall promptly notify the Partnership upon discovering that any of the representations or warranties set forth on Exhibit B was false when made or have, as a result of changes in circumstances, become false. The Partnership will have no obligation to register under the Securities Act any of the Award LTIP Units or upon conversion or exchange of the Award LTIP Units into other limited partnership interests of the Partnership.

15. No Obligation to Continue Employment . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Participant in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Participant at any time.

16. No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation plans, agreements or arrangements, and any such plans, agreements and arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases or to specific persons.

 

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17. Status of Award LTIP Units under the Plan . The Award LTIP Units are both issued as equity securities of the Partnership and granted as “Other Stock-Based Awards” under the Plan. The Company will have the right at its option, as set forth in the LP Agreement, to issue Shares in exchange for partnership units into which Award LTIP Units may have been converted pursuant to the LP Agreement, subject to certain limitations set forth in the LP Agreement, and such Shares, if issued, will be issued under the Plan. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant will have no right to approve or disapprove such election by the Company.

18. Severability . If any term or provision of this Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or under any applicable law, rule or regulation, then such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable law (or if such provision cannot be so construed or deemed amended without materially altering the purpose or intent of this Agreement and the grant of Award LTIP Units hereunder, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction and the remainder of this Agreement and the award hereunder shall remain in full force and effect).

19. Law Governing . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law which could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.

20. Headings . Section, paragraph and other headings and captions are provided solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings and captions shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction, meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.

21. Notices . Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company addressed to Duke Realty Corporation, 600 East 96 th Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240, Attention: General Counsel, and shall be mailed or delivered to the Participant at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

22. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

23. Successors and Assigns . The rights and obligations created hereunder shall be binding on the Participant and his or her heirs and legal representatives and on the successors and assigns of the Partnership.

24. Data Privacy Consent . In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company and its agents may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is

 

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necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Participant (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to its agents all Relevant Information; and (ii) authorizes the Company and its agents to store and transmit such information in electronic form. The Participant shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law and to the extent necessary to administer the Plan and this Agreement, and the Company and its agents will keep the Relevant Information confidential except as specifically authorized under this paragraph.

25. Electronic Delivery of Documents . By accepting this Agreement, the Participant (i) consents to the electronic delivery of this Agreement, all information with respect to the Plan and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s stockholders; (ii) acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing; (iii) further acknowledges that he or she may revoke his or her consent to electronic delivery of documents at any time by notifying the Company of such revoked consent by telephone, postal service or electronic mail; and (iv) further acknowledges that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents.

26. Section 409A .

(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of the Participant’s separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Participant becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of the Participant’s separation from service would be considered deferred compensation otherwise subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date that is the earlier of (A) six months and one day after the Participant’s separation from service, or (B) the Participant’s death.

 

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(b) To the extent that any payment or benefit described in this Agreement constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, and to the extent that such payment or benefit is payable upon the Participant’s termination of employment, then such payments or benefits shall be payable only upon the Participant’s “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:  

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION, its

General Partner

By:  

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

PARTICIPANT

 

Name:
Address:

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE

The Grantee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, hereby becomes a party to the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, as amended through the date hereof (the “Partnership Agreement”).

The Grantee constitutes and appoints the General Partner and its authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as the Grantee’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the Grantee’s name, place and stead to carry out all acts described in Section 9.19(a) and (b) of the Partnership Agreement, such power of attorney to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest pursuant to Section 9.19 of the Partnership Agreement.

The Grantee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement.

 

Signature Line for Limited Partner:

By:

 

Name:

Date:

Address of Limited Partner:

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

PARTICIPANT’S COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Participant hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

(a) The Participant has received and had an opportunity to review the following documents (the “Background Documents”):

(i) The latest Annual Report to Stockholders that has been provided to stockholders;

(ii) The Company’s Proxy Statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

(iii) The Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended;

(iv) The Company’s Form 10-Q for the most recently ended quarter if one has been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the filing of the Form 10-K described in clause (iv) above;

(v) Each of the Company’s Current Report(s) on Form 8-K, if any, filed since the later of the end of the fiscal year most recently ended for which a Form 10-K has been filed by the Company;

(vi) The Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Duke Realty Limited Partnership;

(vii) The Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and

(viii) The Company’s Articles of Incorporation.

The Participant also acknowledges that any delivery of the Background Documents and other information relating to the Company and the Partnership prior to the determination by the Partnership of the suitability of the Participant as a holder of Award LTIP Units shall not constitute an offer of Award LTIP Units until such determination of suitability shall be made.

(b) The Participant hereby represents and warrants that

(i) The Participant either (A) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, or (B) by reason of the business and financial experience of the Participant, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained by the Participant to represent or advise him or her with respect to the grant to him or her of LTIP Units, the potential conversion of LTIP Units into common units of the Partnership (“Common Units”) and the potential redemption of such

 

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Common Units for shares of Stock (“Shares”), has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that the Participant (I) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Partnership and potential investment in the Company and of making an informed investment decision, (II) is capable of protecting his or her own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him or her in protecting his or her its interests, and (III) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment.

(ii) The Participant understands that (A) the Participant is responsible for consulting his or her own tax advisors with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws, and the tax laws of any state, local or other taxing jurisdiction to which the Participant is or by reason of the award of LTIP Units may become subject, to his or her particular situation; (B) the Participant has not received or relied upon business or tax advice from the Company, the Partnership or any of their respective employees, agents, consultants or advisors, in their capacity as such; (C) the Participant provides or will provide services to the Partnership on a regular basis and in such capacity has access to such information, and has such experience of and involvement in the business and operations of the Partnership, as the Participant believes to be necessary and appropriate to make an informed decision to accept this Award of LTIP Units; and (D) an investment in the Partnership and/or the Company involves substantial risks. The Participant has been given the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of matters relevant to the LTIP Units and has been furnished with, and has reviewed and understands, materials relating to the Partnership and the Company and their respective activities (including, but not limited to, the Background Documents). The Participant has been afforded the opportunity to obtain any additional information (including any exhibits to the Background Documents) deemed necessary by the Participant to verify the accuracy of information conveyed to the Participant. The Participant confirms that all documents, records, and books pertaining to his or her receipt of LTIP Units which were requested by the Participant have been made available or delivered to the Participant. The Participant has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, or from a person or persons acting on their behalf, concerning the terms and conditions of the LTIP Units. The Participant has relied upon, and is making his or her decision solely upon, the Background Documents and other written information provided to the Participant by the Partnership or the Company. The Participant did not receive any tax, legal or financial advice from the Partnership or the Company and, to the extent it deemed necessary, has consulted with his or her own advisors in connection with his or her evaluation of the Background Documents and this Agreement and the Participant’s receipt of LTIP Units.

(iii) The LTIP Units to be issued, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units and any Shares issued in connection with the redemption of any such Common Units will be acquired for the account of the Participant for investment only and not with a current view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein, without prejudice, however, to the Participant’s right (subject to the terms of the LTIP Units, the Plan and this Agreement) at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of his or her or her LTIP Units, Common Units or Shares in compliance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of his or her assets being at all times within his or her control.

 

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(iv) The Participant acknowledges that (A) neither the LTIP Units to be issued, nor the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units, have been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, if such LTIP Units or Common Units are represented by certificates, such certificates will bear a legend to such effect, (B) the reliance by the Partnership and the Company on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Participant contained herein, (C) such LTIP Units, or Common Units, therefore, cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available, (D) there is no public market for such LTIP Units and Common Units and (E) neither the Partnership nor the Company has any obligation or intention to register such LTIP Units or the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to take any action that would make available any exemption from the registration requirements of such laws, except, that, upon the redemption of the Common Units for Shares, the Company currently intends to issue such Shares under the Plan and pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to the extent that (I) the Participant is eligible to receive such Shares under the Plan at the time of such issuance and (II) the Company has filed an effective Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the issuance of such Shares. The Participant hereby acknowledges that because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of such LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units which are set forth in the Partnership Agreement and this Agreement, the Participant may have to bear the economic risk of his or her ownership of the LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units for an indefinite period of time.

(v) The Participant has determined that the LTIP Units are a suitable investment for the Participant.

(vi) No representations or warranties have been made to the Participant by the Partnership or the Company, or any officer, director, shareholder, agent, or affiliate of any of them, and the Participant has received no information relating to an investment in the Partnership or the LTIP Units except the information specified in this Paragraph (b).

(c) So long as the Participant holds any LTIP Units, the Participant shall disclose to the Partnership in writing such information as may be reasonably requested with respect to ownership of LTIP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably necessary to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the Code, applicable to the Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other appropriate taxing authority.

 

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(d) The address set forth on the signature page of this Agreement is the address of the Participant’s principal residence, and the Participant has no present intention of becoming a resident of any country, state or jurisdiction other than the country and state in which such residence is sited.

(e) The representations of the Participant as set forth above are true and complete to the information and belief of the Participant, and the Partnership shall be notified promptly of any changes in the foregoing representations.

 

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